 Godzilla 2000 1999  PG, 97 min.
Genre: Foreign / Sci-Fi / Action / Horror / Thriller
Director: Takao Okawara
Cast: Takehiro Murata, Naomi Nishida, Mayu Suzuki, Hiroshi Abe, Shiro Sano, Tsutomu Kitagawa, Natalia Adams, Koichi Ueda, Shelley Sweeney, Amy Hill, Ron Yuan
This Japanese version of Godzilla strikes back against US productions–horrible dubbing included. In this Godzilla flick, over 500 digital effects are on screen contributing to the story of Godzilla fighting against a new monster, Orga (voice of Natalia Adams), an alien blasted from a 60-million-year-old rock!
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Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah 1991 N/R, 100 min.
Genre: Foreign / Sci-Fi / Action / Drama / Horror
aka: Gojira vs. Kingu Gidora
Director: Kazuki Omori
Cast: Kosuke Toyohara, Anna Nakagawa, Megumi Odaka, Chuck Wilson, Yoshio Tsuchiya, Katsuhiko Sasaki, Akiji Kobayashi, Tokuma Nishioka, Kenji Sahara, Koichi Ueda, Kenpachiro Satsuma, "Hurricane Ryu" Hariken, So Yamamura, Yasunori Yuge, Kiwako Harada
Time travelers from the 23rd century return to the present, warn Japan that Godzilla will soon cause a catastrophic nuclear incident, and suggest how to rid the world of the monster. The plan is to go back to the 1940s and kill the one living dinosaur that was turned into the monster during the Bikini atomic weapons testing. But–the visitors have a motive: get rid of Godzilla and have their own monster, King Ghidorah, wreak havoc on Japan because Japan has become the economic power on Earth in the 23 century. But Godzilla is still out there, and the battle begins.
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Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla 1993 G, 108 min.
Genre: Foreign / Sci-Fi / Action / Horror / Thriller
aka: Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla II
Godzilla vs. Super-Mechagodzilla
Director: Takao Okawara
Cast: Masahiro Takashima, Ryoko Sano, Megumi Odaka, Yusuke Kawazu, Kenji Sahara, Akira Nakao, Koichi Ueda, Leo Meneghetti, Kenpachiro Satsuma, Tadao Takashima, Sayaka Osawa, Keiko Imamura, Daijiro Harada, Shelley Sweeney, Wataru Fukuda
In this remake of the 1974 movie, giant robot Mechagodzilla is constructed to help take care of the ever-present Godzilla threat. When a baby Godzilla is taken into captivity, Godzilla, with the help of Rodan, sets out to find the offspring leaving massive destruction in its wake. The major battle is soon to follow. A good episode in the long-time series.
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Godzilla X Mechagodzilla 2002  N/R, 88 min.
Genre: Foreign / Sci-Fi / Horror / Thriller
aka: Godzilla Against Mechagodzilla
Director: Masaaki Tezuka
Cast: Yumiko Shaku, Shin Takuma, Kana Onodera, Koh Takasugi, Yusuke Tomoi, Jun'ichi Mizuno, Akira Nakao, Kumi Mizuno, Takeo Nakahara, Yoshikazu Kanou, Koichi Ueda, Akira Shirai, Midori Hagio, Naomasa Musaka, Shinji Morisue
The giant lizard is back wreaking havoc across the Japanese countryside. The only way to counter the monster is to build a giant cyborg. Using the skeletal parts from the old Godzilla that attacked Japan in 1954, a team of scientists designs Kiriyu, a gigantic lizard-like robot. Now, when a giant monster again attacks Tokyo, will those who control Kiriyu be able to combat the new threat?
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Godzilla X Megaguirus: The G Extermination Command 2000 N/R, 105 min.
Genre: Foreign / Sci-Fi
aka: Godzilla vs. Megaguirus
Director: Masaaki Tezuka
Cast: Misato Tanaka, Shosuke Tanihara, Masato Ibu, Yuriko Hoshi, Toshiyuki Nagashima, Tsutomu Kitagawa, Minoru Watanabe, Koichi Yamadera, Yusaku Yara, Koichi Ueda
The terrible Godzilla returns, but this time science has come up with a weapon that should take care of it: a device that creates a black hole in space, which, in turn, will suck in Godzilla . However, during testing an insect is in the wrong place and later lays an egg which begets more eggs, which, in turn, feed a monster queen insect that feeds on Godzilla's energy. The battle begins with the humans as underdogs.
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Godzilla: Tokyo S.O.S. 2003 PG, 90 min.
Genre: Sci-Fi / Fantasy / Action / Horror / Thriller
aka: Godzilla, Mothra, Mechagodzilla: Tokyo S.O.S.
Director: Masaki Tezuka
Cast: Noboru Kaneko, Miho Yoshioka, Katsuya Onizuka, Masami Nagasawa, Chihiro Otsuka, Tsutomu Kitagawa, Motokuni Nakagawa, Koh Takasugi, Koichi Ueda, Akira Nakao, Hiroshi Koizumi, Yumiko Shaku, Mitsuki Koga
The new "Godzilla" series continues as Mechagodzilla is put in the shop for repairs. But, that only brings on the wrath of Godzilla, and Godzilla, along with Mothra, goes on a rampage, and now the newly-repaired Mechagodzilla appears ready to join Godzilla rather than obey its human masters.
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Gojira vs Supesugojira 1994  N/R, 108 min.
Genre: Foreign / Sci-Fi / Horror
aka: Godzilla vs. Space Godzilla
Director: Kensho Yamashita
Cast: Megumi Odaka, Jun Hashizume, Zenkichi Yoneyama, Akira Emoto, Towako Yoshikawa, Yosuke Saito, Kenji Sahara, Akira Nakao, Koichi Ueda, Kenpachiro Satsuma, Houka Kinoshita, Keiko Imamura, Sayaka Osawa, Ryo Hariya, Wataru Fukuda
Cells from Godzilla hook up with those from Biollante (a monster defeated by Godzilla), undergo a transformation in a black hole, and head to Earth as Space Godzilla to do battle. Meanwhile, Godzilla has a new threat to deal with at home: Mogera who was created to defeat Godzilla. But now, Mogera must team with Godzilla and Godzilla Jr. to take on the new threat from space.
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Gojira vs. Mosura 1992 N/R, 102 min.
Genre: Foreign / Sci-Fi / Horror / Thriller
aka: Godzilla and Mothra: The Battle for Earth
Godzilla vs. Mothra
Director: Takao Okawara
Cast: Tetsuya Bessho, Megumi Odaka, Satomi Kobayashi, Akira Takarada, Keiko Imamura, Sayaka Osawa, Takehiro Murata, Makoto Otake, Saburo Shinoda, Akiji Kobayashi, Kenpachiro Satsuma, "Hurricane Ryu" Hariken, Yoshiko Tanaka, Koichi Ueda
An expedition to Infant Island looking for the remnants of a meteorite finds two tiny women, called "Cosmos" who are the remnants of an ancient civilization. They inform expedition members that Earth is fighting back for the harm humans are inflicting and that monster Battron has been sent to destroy the bad elements on Earth. The Cosmos call Mothra to fight back, but Godzilla also awakens, and the three-way battle for Earth begins.
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| 1. Godzilla 2000 (1999)
2. Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah (1991)
aka: Gojira vs. Kingu Gidora
3. Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla (1993)
aka: Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla II
aka: Godzilla vs. Super-Mechagodzilla
4. Godzilla X Mechagodzilla (2002)
aka: Godzilla Against Mechagodzilla
5. Godzilla X Megaguirus: The G Extermination Command (2000)
aka: Godzilla vs. Megaguirus
6. Godzilla: Tokyo S.O.S. (2003)
aka: Godzilla, Mothra, Mechagodzilla: Tokyo S.O.S.
7. Gojira vs Supesugojira (1994)
aka: Godzilla vs. Space Godzilla
8. Gojira vs. Mosura (1992)
aka: Godzilla and Mothra: The Battle for Earth
aka: Godzilla vs. Mothra
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